13-letter words containing p, l, a, n, t
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
- slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- spastic colon — a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
- stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
- standard lamp — A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room.
- standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- supplantation — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- suppositional — the act of supposing.
- supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
- tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
- tapioca-plant — the cassava, Manihot esculenta.
- tattie-peelin — (esp of speech) highfalutin, affected, or pretentious
- technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
- telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
- teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- temperamental — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis